The view from my bedroom window

Salento - Zona Cafetera

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February 16th 2009
I sometimes think I make a bad traveller as I always intend on going to somewhere just for a few days and then staying a lot longer! It makes keeping to a schedule very hard. Salento really is a difficult place to leave though. There is an area in Colombia called Zona Cafeteria. It is the coffee making region for those of you who don´t speak fluent spanish like myself (ahem!!). Zona Cafeter ... read more

South America » Colombia » Quindío » Salento

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Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more